Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain The United Nations at Fifty
The end of the Cold War and the forceful response to Iraq's aggression created expectations that the UN would change from a marginal into a centre player in world affairs. These hopes were seemingly dashed in Somalia, Rwanda and Bosnia. Has the United Nat
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Past Imperfect, Future UNcertain The United Nations at Fifty Edited by
Ramesh Thakur
Professor and Head Peace Research Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Australian National University
Foreword by Don McKinnon
First published in Great Britain 1998 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-333-71624-3 ISBN 978-1-349-26336-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-26336-3 First published in the United States of America 1998 by
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC.,
Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-21246-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Past imperfect, future UNcertain : the United Nations at fifty I edited by Ramesh Thakur. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-21246-9 (cloth) I. United Nations. 2. Peace. 3. Security, International. I. Thakur, Ramesh Chandra, 1948JZ4986.P37 1997 341.23-
